Friday, March 20

Up since 1:30am,
out of bed since 2:15. Difficulty
sleeping, concentrating, focusing on writing.
Yesterday really a nearly total waste, just dealing with Kona rental
agreement (big island of Hawaii has some unique rules for extended stays via
AirBnB), exchanges with our host there, trying to figure out if we can get
groceries there…Will likely do some shopping here before we depart tomorrow,
just try to stuff whatever we can into our bags. Packed scuba gear yesterday; we have enough
room for some groceries, that’s not a worry.

I suspect that if I
could stop listening to the news, I could blissfully focus on writing, but the situation
here and everywhere else (yesterday’s CA proclamation that all should shelter
in place, e.g.) is so very fluid. I’m
almost afraid that if I stop listening, we’ll show up at the airport tomorrow
and it’ll be closed w/o our knowing…

Not feeling afraid
of the virus, just feeling like we’re biding our time to get to tomorrow/Kona.

Now 5am, should
probably try to get a bit of sleep again; we’ll see if that’s possible while
listening to Morning Edition…